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00:00And Donnie, here in the second half of the NFL campaign, slow starts, poor performances,
00:09they get evaluated with more significance because your window, your margin of error
00:14is so much more limited.
00:16In the San Francisco 49ers, who entered this year as an incredibly short favorite to win
00:21the NFC, they have played in the NFC title game for the previous five seasons, have not
00:26looked the ilk of a conference contender.
00:29Injuries have been a huge component for Sam Fran, no doubt, but now with a lot of people
00:34back healthy, the 49ers have been struggling.
00:38Yesterday at home, five and a half point favorite in Santa Clara, in an NFC West Divisional
00:43showdown against the Seahawks, a Seattle surprise.
00:48The Seahawks win outright, 20 to 17 at that five and a half point dog.
00:53Gino Smith, 13-yard touchdown run with only 12 seconds remaining in the fourth and final
00:59quarter.
01:00He led an 11-play, 80-yard drive in just under two and a half minutes to give Seattle a huge,
01:07huge victory.
01:08The Seahawks, five and five, but so too are the Niners.
01:12And let me just clarify quickly, DRS, I said San Francisco is getting healthier, Christian
01:17McCaffrey back for a second consecutive game, but no George Kittle yesterday.
01:21And in the opening half, Nick Bosa out, and that defense never looked the same without
01:26Bosa out there.
01:29That's a devastating injury, but also, let's keep our eyes on the prize here.
01:32Quality win for Seattle going on the road here.
01:34That's going to be a tight division.
01:35We're not knocking the San Francisco 49ers out of the playoffs just yet.
01:39They got two tough games right on the horizon here, which will be interesting for them to
01:42play out.
01:43But let's focus here on Kyle Shanahan's boy wonder out here, which is Brock Purdy.
01:4721 to 28, that's efficiency, but only 159 and only one touchdown and one interception.
01:53His QBR rating, he did run the football quite well yesterday, five carries for 40 yards
01:57and scored that touchdown.
01:59But we love to believe that Brock Purdy is supposed to make more money than Dak Prescott
02:02last year, which means he's going to reset the quarterback market.
02:04And other people out there say, well, what did you want him to do without George Kittle?
02:07What?
02:08You don't have unbelievable weapons at every position and you can't perform.
02:11I'm not going to that level yet, but he's going to have to step his game up over the
02:14next couple of weeks and try to overcompensate.
02:16Because the one thing we do know right now is Christian McCaffrey yet is not as explosive
02:20as when we saw him before these injuries for this season.
02:23If he can regain that unbelievable, you know, strength in the back and also catching passes,
02:28that could change things.
02:29With George Kittle coming into the game, I call it said, look, that is a massive, massive
02:33loss.
02:34He has been that safety blanket, particularly in the red zone that he can go to talking
02:37about Brock Purdy time and time again.
02:39That wasn't there.
02:40Who was going to step up?
02:41Hey, Depot, where you been?
02:42One carry, minus one yard, four catches, 22 yards here.
02:46That guy's got to step up and be that catalyst now for that offense.
02:49But people just go back a few short weeks.
02:51When Brandon Ayoub got injured, he was the perfect wide receiver for that offense.
02:56They just haven't found that remedy for him yet.
02:58And they sit at five and five on a disappointing season.